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ElwoodBlues · M
Libya 2011 was authorized by the UN Security Council resolution authorizing force to protect civilians.
Pakistan was covered by Congress' 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) empowered the President to use "all necessary and appropriate force" against those who planned, authorized, or committed the attacks, or harbored such individuals or organizations. Had you forgotten that it was in Pakistan that we found and killed Bin Laden??
U.S. didn't bomb Yemen; the Saudis did.
In Somalia, airstrikes against the Shabab militants was authorized by the 2001 AUMF, see above.
In Iraq and Syria, Congress approved a bill to train and arm moderate Syrian rebels and to oppose ISIS in Sept 2014. Protecting the people we're arming and training is part of the scope of the mission.
Now perhaps you can tell us: under what authorization is Tяump bombing non-combatant ships in the Caribbean??
Pakistan was covered by Congress' 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) empowered the President to use "all necessary and appropriate force" against those who planned, authorized, or committed the attacks, or harbored such individuals or organizations. Had you forgotten that it was in Pakistan that we found and killed Bin Laden??
U.S. didn't bomb Yemen; the Saudis did.
In Somalia, airstrikes against the Shabab militants was authorized by the 2001 AUMF, see above.
In Iraq and Syria, Congress approved a bill to train and arm moderate Syrian rebels and to oppose ISIS in Sept 2014. Protecting the people we're arming and training is part of the scope of the mission.
Now perhaps you can tell us: under what authorization is Tяump bombing non-combatant ships in the Caribbean??
DogMan · 61-69, M
@ElwoodBlues Libya was better under Gaddafi. After Obama forced the regime change, it turned into hell on earth.
Child sex trafficking and slavery were the new order of the day. Is that why we did it?
Child sex trafficking and slavery were the new order of the day. Is that why we did it?
DogMan · 61-69, M
@ElwoodBlues I don't think ISIL was involved. I do know that things got worse after Gaddafi was overthrown.
The Current Power Struggle in Libya: An Irreconcilable Divide
Thirteen years after Gaddafi’s fall, Libya is no longer a functioning state but a fragmented battleground where two irreconcilable factions impose their own order, each backed by foreign patrons with conflicting interests.
The Current Power Struggle in Libya: An Irreconcilable Divide
Thirteen years after Gaddafi’s fall, Libya is no longer a functioning state but a fragmented battleground where two irreconcilable factions impose their own order, each backed by foreign patrons with conflicting interests.
DogMan · 61-69, M
@ElwoodBlues Libya Remains Unstable Nearly A Decade After Muammar Gaddafi's Ousting
June 27, 20218:00 AM ET
Heard on Weekend Edition Sunday
NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with Professor Mansour El-Kikhia about Libya, where elections are called for but are unlikely to bring stability to the country.
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LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST:
It's been nearly a decade since the U.S.-backed ousting of Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, and conditions in the country have gotten worse and more complicated. The U.N.-backed government in the capital of Tripoli has very loose control over about a third of the country. To the east, Libya is controlled by a renegade general leading what they have called the Libyan National Army, which has tried and failed to topple the government in Tripoli.
June 27, 20218:00 AM ET
Heard on Weekend Edition Sunday
NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with Professor Mansour El-Kikhia about Libya, where elections are called for but are unlikely to bring stability to the country.
Sponsor Message
LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST:
It's been nearly a decade since the U.S.-backed ousting of Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, and conditions in the country have gotten worse and more complicated. The U.N.-backed government in the capital of Tripoli has very loose control over about a third of the country. To the east, Libya is controlled by a renegade general leading what they have called the Libyan National Army, which has tried and failed to topple the government in Tripoli.